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Oral vs Intravenous and Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding (PUB)

A Phase 4 interventional study of lansoprazole and esomeprazole in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, sponsored by Changhua Christian Hospital. Withdrawn. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-17.

Sponsored by Changhua Christian Hospital · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was withdrawn
The study was terminated and the PI has left the institution.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

A bleeding peptic ulcer remains a serious medical problem with significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic therapy significantly reduces further bleeding, surgery, and mortality in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers and is now recommended as the first hemostatic modality for these patients.

In the past few years, adjuvant use of a high-dose proton pump inhibitor (PPI) after endoscopic therapy has been endorsed in some studies. Laine and Javid et al found that oral PPI and IV PPI had a similar intragastric pH response in the past two years. Therefore, whether oral can replace IV in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding is the objective in this study.

The investigators enrolled 130 patients with active bleeding or nonbleeding visible vessels(NBVV) in this study. They are randomly assigned as oral lansoprazole or IV nexium group. All patients receive successful endoscopic therapy with heater probe or hemoclip placement.

In the lansoprazole group (N=65), 30 mg four times daily is given orally for three days. Thereafter, the patients receive 30 mg lansoprazole orally daily for two months. In the nexium group, 160 mg/day continuous infusion is given for three days. Thereafter, the patients receive 40 mg nexium orally daily for two months.

The primary end point is recurrent bleeding before discharge and within 14 days. At day 14, volume of blood transfused, number of surgeries performed, and the mortality rates of the two groups are compared as well.

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A bleeding peptic ulcer remains a serious medical problem with significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic therapy significantly reduces further bleeding, surgery, and mortality in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers (1) and is now recommended as the first hemostatic modality for these patients (1, 2).

In the past few years, adjuvant use of a high-dose proton pump inhibitor (PPI) after endoscopic therapy has been endorsed in some studies, two consensus statements and two meta-analysis (3-8). To sustain a high intragastric pH, a high dose of omeprazole has been used in previous studies concerning high-risk peptic ulcer bleeding. In our study, the investigators used 40 mg omeprazole intravenous bolus followed by 160 mg/day continuously infusion for three days. The mean intragastric pH rose to 6.0 one hour after the initial bolus of omeprazole in the omeprazole group; it persisted around this value for the rest of the 24 hours.7 The rebleeding rates were much lower in the PPI as compared with H2RA group (Day 3: 0/50 vs 8/50, p\<0.01; Day 14: 2/50 vs 12/50, p\<0.01) (4).

How about the route of PPI usage? Oral or IV is the preferred route? Laine et al used oral lansoprazole in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.9 They were randomly assigned to intravenous lansoprazole (90-mg bolus followed by 9-mg/h infusion) or oral lansoprazole (120-mg bolus followed by 30 mg every 3 hours). A pH was recorded for 24 hours. Mean pH rose above 6 after 2-3 hours of intravenous PPI and 3-4 hours of oral PPI. They concluded that frequent oral PPI may be able to replace the currently recommended intravenous bolus plus infusion PPI therapy in patients with bleeding ulcers. In one recent article, Javid et al also proved that there was no significant difference among various PPIs (omeprazole, pantoprazole, and rabeprazole) given through different routes (IV and oral routes) on raising intragastric pH above 6 for 72 h after successful endoscopic hemostasis in bleeding peptic ulcer.10 In our recent study, the investigators have proved that oral rabeprazole and IV omeprazole are equally effective in preventing rebleeding (13/78 in rabeprazole vs 12/78 in omeprazole, p>0.1) in high-risk bleeding peptic ulcers.11 All secondary outcomes between the two groups were similar, including the amount of blood transfusion, hospital stay, need for surgery and mortality.

The objectives of this study are to assess the outcomes of two different regimens of oral lansoprazole vs high dose of intravenous nexium after endoscopic therapy in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

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Lead sponsor

Changhua Christian Hospital is the lead sponsor of 74 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • A peptic ulcer with active bleeding,a non-bleeding visible vessel (NBVV) or an adherent blood clot at the ulcer base is observed within 24 hours of hospital admission

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients are excluded from the study if they are pregnant,
  • Do not obtain initial hemostasis with endoscopic injection of epinephrine
  • Do not give written informed consent
  • Have bleeding tendency (platelet count \<50×109/L,serum prothrombin \<30% of normal,or were taking anticoagulants)
  • Uremia.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    lansoprazole

    lansoprazole 30 mg four times daily for three days followed by 30 mg once daily for two months

    Drug: lansoprazole

  • Active comparator
    esomeprazole

    esomeprazole 160 mg/day continuous infusion for three days followed by 40 mg once daily orally for two months

    Drug: esomeprazole

Interventions

  • Druglansoprazole

    lansoprazole 30 mg four times daily for three days followed by 30 mg once daily for two months

    Also known as: takeprone

  • Drugesomeprazole

    esomeprazole 160 mg/day continuous infusion for three days followed by 40 mg once daily orally for two months

    Also known as: nexium

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Re-bleeding within 14 days in Patients With Peptic Ulcer Bleeding After Successful Endoscopic Therapy

    recurrent bleeding before discharge and within 14 days

    Time frame: one year

Secondary outcomes

  1. hospital stay

    we measure the above item in high risk patients during hospitalization and within one month

    Time frame: one year

  2. volume of blood transfusion

    we measure the above item in high risk patients during hospitalization and within one month

    Time frame: one year

  3. numbers of operation

    we measure the above item in high risk patients during hospitalization and within one month

    Time frame: one year

  4. numbers of death

    we measure the above item in high risk patients during hospitalization and within one month

    Time frame: one year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Yen HH, Yang CW, Su WW, Soon MS, Wu SS, Lin HJ. Oral versus intravenous proton pump inhibitors in preventing re-bleeding for patients with peptic ulcer bleeding after successful endoscopic therapy. BMC Gastroenterol. 2012 Jun 8;12:66. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-66. PubMed 22681960 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 17, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01123031
Lead sponsor
Changhua Christian Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 14, 2010
Start date
Apr 2010
Primary completion
Mar 2012 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 2012 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 17, 2020

Study contacts

Hwai J Lin, M.D.
study chair · Changhua Christian Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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